• (RP) IPA: /ˈluːmɪn(ə)ɹi/
• (GA) IPA: /ˈluməˌnɛɹi/

luminary (plural luminaries)

1. One who is an inspiration to others; one who has achieved success in their chosen field#Noun|field; a leading light.
2. (archaic) A body that give#Verb|gives light#Noun|light; especially, one of the heavenly bodies.
   • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII ↗”, in Paradise Lost. A Poem Written in Ten Books, London: Printed [by Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […] [a]nd by Robert Boulter […] [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], OCLC 228722708 ↗; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: The Text Exactly Reproduced from the First Edition of 1667: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, OCLC 230729554 ↗, lines 384–386:

     [T]hen firſt adornd / With thir bright Luminaries that Set and Roſe, / Glad Evening & glad Morn crownd the fourth day.

   • The first eye of consequence (under the invisible Author of all) is the visible luminary of the universe.

3. (archaic) An artificial light; an illumination.

• (one who is an inspiration to others) guiding light

• French: lumière
• Russian: свети́ло

• French: astre
• Russian: свети́ло

• French: luminaire